The Los Angeles Lakers fell mightily to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series on Saturday night, but Lakers forward LeBron James isn't sulking about it. In fact, he's keeping a pretty level head about the fact that it was only the first game of the series.
Playoff basketball is a different beast—more intensity, more physicality, more everything. And in LeBron's view, maybe L.A. just needed a second to get to grips with their Anthony Edwards-led opponent and better acclimate themselves to the new game environment.
